17th Century New England, with special emphasis on the Salem Witchcraft Trials

A 17th Century Colonial New England Bibliography

This is a sometimes-annotated bibliography of the books in my personal reference library as I research 17th century colonial New England. There are a lot about the Salem witch-hunt, Puritan thought, and Anglo-Indian contact, but also a few odds and ends that make sense to me to have on hand. Please note: I do not lend books. To anyone. Most of these titles can be borrowed from any good public or university library. If you want to purchase a copy of any of these titles, I have included direct links to Amazon.com for all but a handful of out-of-print or hard-to-find local imprint titles. To print out the whole bibliography, please use the printer-friendly version to save paper.

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Anderson | Bailyn | Bouchard | Bradford | Bremer | Calloway | Condé | Daniels | Dow | Fisher
Gildrie | Grumet | Hayes | Holifield | Koehler | Lockridge | Mather | Miller | Norton | Powers
Robinson | Scot | Slotkin | Tapley | Ulrich | Vaughan | Whiting | Woodward

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  1. Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Random House: New York. 1990. Order from Amazon.com

  2. Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher. Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750. Oxford Universoity Press: New York. 1982. Order from Amazon.com

    Ulrich provides a rich account of what life was like for women during this time period.
  3. Upham, Charles W.. Salem Witchcraft. Reprint from the 1867 edition, in two volumes. Dover Publications: Mineola, NY. 2000. Order from Amazon.com

  4. Upton, Gilbert. The Devil and George Burroughs. Wordwright: London. 1997. Order from Amazon.com

  5. VanDerBeets, Richard, ed.. Held Captive by Indians: Selected Narratives, 1642-1836. Tennessee: Knoxville. 1994. Order from Amazon.com

    Includes narratives of Father Isaac Jogues, Mary Rowlandson, John Gyles, Elizabeth Hanson, Robert Eastburn, John Marrant, Frederic Manheim, John Corbly, Capt. Isaac Stewart, Massey Herbeson, Peter Williamson, Jackson Johonnot, Charles Johnston, Mary Kinnan, and Mrs. Rachel Plummer. This edition includes an excellent 3-page bibliographic addition of the scholarship between 1973 and 1993 on captivity narratives.
  6. Vaughan, Alden T.. New England Frontier: Puritans and Indians 1620-1675. 3rd Edition. University of Oklahoma: Norman, OK. 1995. Order from Amazon.com

  7. Vaughan, Alden T.. Roots of American Racism: Essays on the Colonial Experience. Oxford University Press: New York. 1995. Order from Amazon.com

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This page was last updated Feb. 15, 2009 by Margo Burns, My email address.